[HN Gopher] Interview candidate commits GCP credentials to code,...
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       Interview candidate commits GCP credentials to code, racks up $78k
       in charges
        
       Author : arkadiyt
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2021-09-07 17:25 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (twitter.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (twitter.com)
        
       | tqkxzugoaupvwqr wrote:
       | Just yesterday I read a thread from nine months ago where someone
       | received a surprise bill from Google because Google Cloud
       | Computing lifts limits automatically.
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25372336
        
       | TonyBagODonuts wrote:
       | Did he not know this was a possibility? We hear about something
       | like this or aws or whatever like once a month. I get that he
       | didn't intend for it to happen but if you let someone and
       | facilitate the action aren't you at least partially to blame?
        
       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | Was this not caught by Github's Secret Scanning Partner Program?
       | Google Cloud is a partner.
       | 
       | https://docs.github.com/en/developers/overview/secret-scanni...
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       | https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/secret-scanning/abo...
       | (Control-F "Google cloud")
        
       | mensetmanusman wrote:
       | Wow. I wonder if you should just reincorporate and have the dead
       | business declare bankruptcy.
        
         | notyourday wrote:
         | I bet Google is going to lock your other accounts should you do
         | that in future regardless of the bankruptcy protection while
         | doing "It is our advanced AI, we know nuffing" hand wave
        
       | stevage wrote:
       | Later in the thread they report that the fees were credited back.
        
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